The Iron Dream —
Norman Spinrad

Norman
Spinrad’s 1972 nested alternate history novel
The
Iron Dream
isn’t my favourite Spinrad1, but it is almost certainly his most
famous work. It earned a
Prix
Apollo Award
and a Nebula nomination. The book was also indexed by the
Bundesprüfstelle
für jugendgefährdende Medien
,
the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, for
alleged Nazism and was placed on the American Nazi Party’s
recommended reading list. Perhaps some explanation is required.

Spinrad’s
The
Iron Dream
is composed of two sections. The final section is a commentary by a
fictional academic named Whipple. The first part, the part that
earned Spinrad unwanted attention from the BJpM and the American Nazi
Party, is Adolf Hitler’s
Lords
of the Swastika
.